They Made Me a Criminal Page #5

COME ON, JACK. SHOW US SOME MORE TRICKS.

GO ON.

GIVE HIM THAT ELBOW.

HIT HIM WITH:

THE RIGHT, BOY.

GIVE HIM THA RIGHT, TOMMY.

COME ON.

GET UP AND...

NOW LOOK. IF YOU CAN' GET TO STAND ON HIS FEET,

GIVE HIM THE THUMB

IN THE EYE LIKE THIS.

OW! I GET IT.

Johnnie:
ONLY HARDER

AND QUICKER,

BUT MAKE SURE YOU GOT THE OTHER

GUY BETWEEN YOU AND THE REFER...

OK, KIDS.

BEAT IT.

BEAT IT. BEAT IT.

GEE WHIZ, PEGGY,

YOU'RE ALWAYS BUTTING IN.

WHY DON'T YOU LEAVE

US MEN ALONE?

WHY, YOU SURE CAN

GET IN MY HAIR.

I WAS JUST TEACHING THE KID

HOW TO TAKE CARE OF HIMSELF.

YEAH,

WITH DIRTY TRICKS.

WELL, SOMEBODY WILL

PULL THEM ON HIM,

AND HE MIGHT AS WELL

LEARN TO PULL THEM FIRST.

YOU DON'T BELIEVE ANYTHING

IS ON THE LEVEL, DO YOU?

DO YOU? I KNOW YOU'RE NOT.

AND WHAT ABOUT YOU?

WELL, WHAT ABOUT ME?

YOU'RE PLAYING PROBATION

OFFICER, AREN'T YOU?

SO WHAT? GETTING DOUGH FOR IT?

NO.

DON'T GIVE ME THAT.

I KNOW ALL ABOUT THA PRIEST IN NEW YORK.

HE'S DEAD.

YEAH? WHAT ABOU THE FUND?

THERE ISN' ANY FUND.

IT STOPPED:

WHEN HE DIED.

YOU TRYING TO TELL ME

YOU AND THE OLD LADY

ARE SUPPORTING THESE

KIDS ON THE CUFF, HUH?

THAT'S RIGHT.

WHAT FOR?

YOU WOULDN' UNDERSTAND.

EH, YOU MUST HAVE

SOME ANGLE.

I WONDER IF YOU'RE AS

TOUGH AS YOU THINK YOU ARE.

I AIN'T SO TOUGH,

BUT I AIN' A SUCKER, EITHER.

WHAT DO YOU CALL

A SUCKER?

WELL, YOU'RE A SUCKER IF

WHAT YOU TELL ME IS TRUE.

SO'S THAT OLD LADY.

SO'S THAT DEAD PRIEST.

WHY, BECAUSE HE

PUT OUT A HELPING HAND?

"HELP YOURSELF"

IS MY SLOGAN.

AND WHAT DOES:

THAT GET YOU?

WELL,

A LOT OF THINGS.

THANKS FOR THE LESSON.

ALL RIGHT. B-16.

"SINGLE-PUMP, 500-GALLON,

FIREPROOF TANK.

$1,938

INSTALLED."

SO WHAT?

TOMMY IS FIGURING ON

OPENING UP A SERVICE STATION.

YEAH? WHERE AT?

OH, IN FRON OF THE STORE.

TOMMY JOINED THE BIG BROTHER MOVEMENT.

YEAH. WELL, A FELLA

HAS GOT A RIGH TO LOOK OUT AFTER HIS

OWN SISTER, AIN'T HE?

WELL, WHAT'S THE

MATTER WITH YOUR SISTER?

SHE WAS DOING ALL RIGH WHEN I SEEN HER LAST.

SHE'S PLENTY WORRIED

ABOUT THE RANCH.

ONLY SELLING ENOUGH DATES

TO PAY FOR FOOD AND UPKEEP.

WE'VE BEEN BEHIND IN TAXES EVER SINCE

MONEY STOPPED COMING FROM NEW YORK.

MIGHT LOSE THE PLACE

BEFORE LONG.

WELL, WHO TOLD

YOU ALL THIS?

THAT'S ALL SHE

AND GRANDMA TALK ABOUT.

YEAH.

I HEARD THEM, TOO.

SO WHAT?

SO WE FOLD UP THE RANCH

AND GO BACK TO NEW YORK.

BOY, THAT WOULD

BE SOMETHING.

YOU KNOW, THERE AIN'T A

GAS STATION ON OUR ROAD

42 MILES ONE WAY

AND 28 THE OTHER.

ABOUT 200 CARS A DAY PASS

OUR PLACE DURING WEEKDAYS

AND TWICE AS MANY

ON SUNDAYS.

I FIGURE WE COULD SUPPOR THE RANCH SELLING GAS.

WELL, IT LOOKS LIKE HE'S

DEGENERATED, ALL RIGHT.

WHAT DID YOU SAY THAT GAS

STATION WAS GONNA COST?

OH, ABOUT TWO GRAND.

WELL, WHAT DO YOU

EXPECT TO USE FOR MONEY?

HE THINKS HE'LL

STICK UP A BANK:

WHEN HE GETS:

BIG ENOUGH.

OH, SHUT UP.

THAT AIN'T FUNNY.

EH, IT'S TOO HO FOR PIPE DREAMS.

IS THAT THE TANK

YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT?

YEAH! THAT'S IT! THE

EAST RIVER OF THE WEST.

WHOA!

NOW LISTEN, KIDS.

GET THIS.

WE WENT DOWN THE ROAD SEVERAL MILES TO THA NEW DATE RANCH WHERE THEY'RE IRRIGATING.

WE WATCHED THEM FOR A WHILE AND

SORT OF FORGOT ABOUT THE TIME, SEE?

ANYBODY THAT SQUEALS WE WEN SWIMMING GETS THE WORKS, UNDERSTOOD?

RIGHT. CHECK.

LAST ON IN IS A YELLOW DOG!

FIRST ON IN:

IS A HEEL!

SHUT UP, WILL YOU?

WANT OLD MAN HENRY

TO COME AROUND AND CHASE US?

DON'T RUSH.

WE GOT ALL DAY.

BOY, WAIT TILL I

GET IN THAT WATER.

LET'S GO!

BOY, THIS IS THE LIFE. I'M COMING.

HERE I GO!

HOW'S THE WATER, JACK?

IT'S THE CAT'S!

YAHOO!

WAIT FOR ME!

THE OLYMPIC CHAMP

IS COMING NOW.

BABY!

WHY DON'T YOU

COME ON IN?

OH, WHAT ARE YOU

SCARED OF?

I AIN'T SACRED.

HEY, HE'S FROM

EIGHTH AVENUE.

NONE OF THEM KIDS

KNOWS HOW TO SWIM.

WHO DON'T KNOW

HOW TO SWIM?

I'LL SHOW YOU.

HEY, FELLAS, LOOK HOW LOW THE WATER IS.

I CAN JUS REACH THE TOP.

THEY MUST BE:

IRRITATING.

IRRIGATING, YOU DOPE. IRRIGATING.

OK, OK.

IRRIGATING.

HEY, JACK!

I CAN'T REACH THE TOP!

JACK, YOU BETTER HELP HIM

BECAUSE HE CAN'T SWIM VERY GOOD.

OK, KID.

UP YOU GO NOW.

OH, JACK! GET ME UP!

SHUT UP. WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH YOU?

I WANT TO GET UP!

YOU ALL RIGHT NOW?

OF COURSE, YOU ARE.

COME ON.

HEY, JACK! THE WATER IS RUNNING OUT.

I KNOW. HERE.

HOLD HIM, WILL YOU?

TOMMY, COME HERE.

DIPPY,

YOU HOLD ANGEL.

NOW LOOK. I'M GONNA GO DOWN,

LIFT YOU UP BY YOUR ANKLES,

AND LIFT YOU RIGHT UP ON THE

TOP, AND YOU GRAB HOLD OF IT.

OK. LET'S GO.

READY?

TRY AGAIN.

YOU READY?

YEAH, I'M READY.

SPIT, ARE YOU SURE YOU'RE

TELLING ME THE TRUTH?

CROSS MY HEART.

HONEST, PEG, I DON' KNOW WHERE THEY WENT.

WELL, DIDN'T THEY SAY

WHERE THEY WERE GOING?

JUST TOOK THE TRUCK AND LEFT.

HOW LONG AGO?

ABOUT AN HOUR.

IT'S DOWN TO 10 FEE AND STILL FALLING.

ALL WE HAVE TO DO

IS STICK TOGETHER

AND WAIT TILL THE WATER GOES

DOWN, AND WE CAN TOUCH BOTTOM.

YOU GETTING TIRED?

NO. NAH. NO.

HEY, JACK! THE WATER STOPPED GOING DOWN.

ARE YOU SURE?

YEAH. YOU SEE? IT'S

STILL AT THE SAME MARK.

WHAT DO WE DO NOW?

HEY!

HERE. I'M GONNA GO DOWN AND SEE

WHAT'S AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS TANK.

WILL YOU HOLD HIM

FOR A FEW MINUTES?

YEAH. I'LL HOLD HIM.

DON'T LET ME GO, TOM.

THERE'S A VALVE DOWN THERE

THAT LETS THE WATER OUT,

BUT YOU GO TO KEEP IT OPEN.

I'LL GO DOWN THIS TIME. TAKE THE KID.

OK.

HERE I GO.

I COULDN' HOLD IT VERY LONG.

IT'S ALL RIGHT,

TOMMY.

I THINK:

IT'S GONE DOWN.

HERE. HOLD HIM,

WILL YOU?

I'M GONNA

TAKE A TRY.

TAKE IT EASY, KID.

TAKE IT EASY.

DID YOU GET IT?

I TOUCHED BOTTOM.

ONE MORE TIME:

OUGHT TO DO IT.

GO AHEAD, JACK.

OH, PEG, WE'VE BEEN

LOOKING ALL OVER THE PLACE.

WE CAN'T FIND

THOSE GUYS.

YEAH. WE WAS ALL THE

WAY DOWN THE ROAD, TOO.

GRANDMA, THEY COULDN'T HAVE

TAKEN THE TRUCK TO TOWN.

OH, WELL,

DON'T WORRY, PEGGY.

MAYBE THE TRUCK:

BROKE DOWN.

THEY'RE ALL RIGHT.

OH, THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.

NOW COME ON. GET UP.

HERE WE GO. UP!

NOW TOMMY AND ANGEL.

REACH FOR THAT LADDER

AND BRING IT DOWN.

OK, GUYS.

COME ON.

YEAH.

LOOK ALIVE.

ALL RIGHT, KIDS.

UP ON IT.

THAT'S IT.

WAIT TILL HE:

GETS UP ON IT.

HEY, THIS GUY IS SPOUTING

WATER LIKE A FOUNTAIN.

KEEP HIS FACE DOWN.

THIS BUMPING UP AND DOWN

WILL DO HIM GOOD.

JOHNNIE, DO YOU THINK

HE DROWNED MAYBE?

NO, NO.

HE'LL BE ALL RIGHT.

NOW, LISTEN.

NOBODY TALK, SEE?

HE GOT AWAY FROM US AND FELL IN

THE WATER, AND WE FISHED HIM OUT.

GET THAT?

UNDERSTAND?

YEAH, SURE.

WE HAVEN'T SEEN THEM SINCE

ABOUT 2:
00 THIS AFTERNOON.

THEY LEF IN THE TRUCK.

WELL, I DON' KNOW, SHERIFF.

I DON'T KNOW

WHERE THEY WENT.

WHAT DID YOU SAY?

HEY, LOOK.

HERE THEY COME.

Peggy:
NEVER MIND, SHERIFF.

THEY JUST CAME IN. THANKS.

WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?

WE TOOK THE TRUCK AND WENT WAY DOWN...

DOWN TO WHERE THEY WAS

IRRIGATING THAT NEW RANCH,

AND WE STOPPED:

TO WATCH THEM, AND...

YEAH, AND BEFORE WE KNEW

IT, IT WAS GETTING DARK,

WASN'T IT, ANGEL?

YEAH.

WHY, YOU'RE WE TO THE SKIN!

OH! GET SOME TOWELS, QUICK,

AND GET A BRANDY.

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